Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-30

| SPEED PROGRAM.
l. Running half mile heats all ages by
horses owned in Sedgwick county. Purse
| $50
2 Trotting and pacing by horses owned
| in Sedgwick county, outside Of the city Of
| Wichita that never trotted or paced for
money Purse $50.
3. Trotting or pacing, gentlemen's driv-
| ing horses who never started in q race for
money, owned in Sedgwick county, TO road
| wagon Purse $50.
4. Trotting, two year olds, best two in
three, half mile heats. Purse $50.
SECOND DAY.
l. 2:35 pace Purse $50.
9. 3 minute trot. Purse $780,
3. Running. rs mile heats, all ages
weight for age. Purse $780,
4 2:34 trot. Purse $50.
THIRD DAY.
l. Bankers purse-Running, mile heats, all
ages, weight for age. Purse $50.
2. Grand special, to be announced later.
Purse s., 600.
3. Pacing free to ell. Purse $2O0.
2:29 trot. Purse $500.
FOURTH DAY.
l. Ruuning-C Consolation, mile heats, for
horses that have not won race during the
fair. Purse SO.
2. Free for all trot. Purse $500.
j. L >.
must be owned by one man. Purse 800.
+. 2:40 trot. Purse 800.
sPECIALTIEs FOR THE FAIR.
Pawnee Bill and his Indians with their
Wild West show will camp on the fair
grounds during the entire week, giving a
street parade each day during the week, and
an exhibition ON the groun is consisting of
robbing stage coaches, burning and plumber
iUg SquetJers' cabins, carrying beautiful
maidens into captivity and desperate battles
between cowboys and Indians.
This exhibition hes the endorsement Of all
the officers of TIE different fairs over their
own signatures, as being very brilliant and
thrilling representation Of wild western life.
THE WICHITA BOAT CLUE
Have consented TO give a regatta during the
week of the fair. The manage ment have
made a special purse of 81, coo TO be given to
horses to pace and trot against time. The
owners of jay Eve See, Patsy, Clinker,
Honesty and You Bet, are ali anxious to
pace and trot their horses at Wichita and
the management will secure one or more of
these horses Of national reputation to go
against time.
GREAT BAND CONTESTS.
VIII be leading feature OF TIE special en-
tertainments of this occasion, prise of $3.50
will be offered by the association to be COM
peted for by any and all brass bands in the
state of Kansas on the second day OF the
fair.
First prize, $500.
Second prize, 500.
Third prize, $50.
AtleasJ four bands required to compete for
these prizes, but one band from any city
eligible. No band with less than twelve |
pieces will be admitted to competition.
All applications for competition in |
fIs.s. ray1@0 nt, -,
dressed to the secretary of the fair. Appl- |
cations will not be- received after Oct 10.
Under the auspices of the Cottonwood |
Lawn Tennis club of this city A lawn |
tennis tournament will be given, open to the |
state. There will be prizes given, consisting |
OF four silver cups, to be awarded to the best |
doubles and singles.
CONDITIONS.
Trotting and pacing will be governed by |
the rules of the American Trotting Associa- |
ton, of which this association is a member.
Four to fill and three starters in all races |
Entrance, 10 per cent of purse, half of which |
must accompany the entry. Horses drawn
the night previous to races will not be held |
for the other per cent. Heats may be |
trotted and paced alternately.
Trotting and pacing, mile heats, three in |
fvs, to harness.
Running races will be governed by the !
American Association rules except Jockeys |
licensed.
Entrance ten per cent of purse, which |
must accompany entry. Entries to be |
eligible must be deposited in entry box at |
secretary's Office within enc half hour after |
the last race on the day previous to the race, |
for which the entry is intended. If in case |
OF bad weather or other unavoidable cause
the Association is unable to start one or |
more of its races by 5 o'clock p. m. of the |
ST n la fQI choI
be declared off
Trotting and pacing purses divided, fifty |
per cent. to the first, twenty-five per cent to |
the second, fifteen per cent. to the third and |
ten per cent. to the fourth.
Running purses divided, seventy per cent
TO the first, twenty per cent. to the second |
and ten per cent. to the third.
Entries close October Sth, 1887.
Address all entries 20 j. ". Hartzell, sec
rotary, Wichita, Kansas, P. o. box 115
Admission-The gates viii be open at Il
o'clock on each day Of the fair. Tickets
must be purchased, as no money viii be re-
ceived at the gates. The gate fare viii be |
as follows: For each person over Is years
OF age an admittance fee of fifty cents will
be charged; for each person unIer Is years
of age and over 5, an admittance fee OF
twenty-five cents win be charged; children
under years OF age accompanied by their
parents or guardians will be admitted free
admission. No extra charge for carriage.
Persons occupying booths, furnishing re-
freshments arerequired 10 lay in their supplies
before u O'Clock, a. m, at. precisely y
O'clock the grounds viii be cleared of all |
wagons and persons not entitled to remain,
these rules will be strictly adhered to, unless
by special permission or the general
Ali public conveyances carrying passen-
gers from the city will be charged as fol-
lows:
For each four horse conveyance, 50 per
day.
For each two horse conveyance, S2.50 per
day.
Comfortable box stall with bedding viii be
furnished to ali horses at so cents per day
during the fair.
Horses coming in before the fair can occu-
py stalls free of charge until the fair begins.
Corn, oats and hay can be had on the
grounds at market prices Stalls will not
be considered engaged until paid for.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Day police and night watchmen will be al
ways on duty.
kilograms and letters sent in care Of the
will be delivered on the grounds.